TOPEKA KS RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY IN NE CITY     

               TWO TOPEKA, KS RESIDENTS ARE SITTING IN OTOE COUNTY JAIL WEDNESDAY MORNING AFTER AN EARLY MORNING ROBBERY AT STEINHART PARK IN NEBRASKA CITY.

               25 YEAR CYNTHIA CASHMAN AND 23 YEAR OLD SAMUEL MIER OF TOPEKA WERE DRIVING THROUGH NEBRASKA CITY LOOKING FOR DIRECTIONS TO A LOCAL CAMPGROUND SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY.

              CASHMAN AND MIER GOT THE DIRECTIONS FROM THREE LOCAL INDIVIDUALS AND LEFT FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE COMING BACK AND THREATING THE RESIDENTS WITH A HANDGUN, ASKING FOR THE THREE TO EMPTY THEIR POCKETS THEN TO JUMP IN THE PARK'S FISHING POND AND SWIM OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF IT.

              AFTER SLASHING THE VICTIMS TIRES, CASHMAN AND MIER TOOK OFF IN A GREEN SEDAN.

              A CASS COUNTY DEPTUY WAS ABLE TO PULL THE TWO OVER IN PLATTSMOUTH AROUND 1:40 THIS MORNING.

              NEBRASKA POLICE CAPTAIN LONNIE NEEMAN SAYS THEY ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THE TWO IN CUSTODY THIS MORNING.

            "I BELIEVE THE CASS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WAS ABOUT READY TO GIVE UP CAUSE HE FIGURED ITS BEEN AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF SINCE THIS OCCURED. IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT LONG TO GET TO CASS COUNTY." NEEMAN SAYS "HE SAW A VEHICLE COME FROM THE SOUTH AND HE THOUGHT I WILL WAIT TO CHECK THIS ONE OUT AND THEN I WILL QUIT. AND IT HAPPENED TO MATCH THE DESCRIPTION"

              THE OFFICER FOUND 415 DOLLARS CASH AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS STOLEN FROM THE VICTIMS ALONG WITH A HANDGUN AND A KNIFE.

              CASHMAN AND MIER ARE FACING MULTIPLE COUNTS OF ROBBERY, TERRORISTIC THREATS, AND USE OF A WEAPON TO COMMIT A FELONY.